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Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by zweiasakura »

atlasunshrugged wrote: post #145
zweiasakura wrote: post #134

Bloomberg LP is essentially a revenue generating arm for Bloomberg Philanthropies with >80% of revenue getting donated. The volunteering culture at Bloomberg LP itself is also fairly strong, compared to other medium/large tech companies, so there's a lots of opportunity to give back beyond knowing your revenue is going towards good projects. See [1] below for more info. Aside from donating time and money, the company…

Must be of profits, no? But agreed, Mr. Bloomberg seems to be a prolific giver (although he also did drop $1b on a vanity run for President, not sure how effective a use of funding that was, but generally his donations are very well thought out and high impact)

Ah yes you're right it's profits!

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by zweiasakura »

a-dub wrote: post #136
zweiasakura wrote: post #134

Bloomberg LP is essentially a revenue generating arm for Bloomberg Philanthropies with >80% of revenue getting donated. The volunteering culture at Bloomberg LP itself is also fairly strong, compared to other medium/large tech companies, so there's a lots of opportunity to give back beyond knowing your revenue is going towards good projects. See [1] below for more info. Aside from donating time and money, the company…

> Bloomberg LP is essentially a revenue generating arm for Bloomberg Philanthropies with >80% of revenue getting donated. is there somewhere i can read more about this specifically?

Hi didn't mean to ghost ya. I should have given the disclaimer that I'm work at Bloomberg LP too.

I've seen & heard that percentage figure internally, especially as it's increased over the past decade. But I can't seem to find it in 10minutes of searching public documents.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by akuataya »

spaetzleesser wrote: post #27

I work at a medical device company. I definitely feel our products can change the lives of many people for the better. The business side of healthcare in the US is pretty dirty and work sometimes can be very slow due to regulation and the need to prevent patient harm (no "move fast and break things" here). But overall I think my work contributes to producing technology to make the world a better place.

Hi, which company? I'm looking to combine my backgrounds in product design and molecular biology.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by JSoet »

jbothma wrote: post #140
wayne-li2 wrote: post #39

If you want to work at positive impact companies, Khan Academy is one that comes up in my head. But take it from me, someone who has volunteered for civic tech organizations and have participated in ground work for political campaigns. The most positive impact you could possibly make is money. Political campaigns need thousands of volunteers. But someone who has no skills or education can volunteer. The supply pool i…

> But take it from me, someone who has volunteered for civic tech organizations and have participated in ground work for political campaigns. The most positive impact you could possibly make is money. I don't really agree. Perhaps we're incredibly lucky as a civic tech non-profit, but our limiting factor generally isn't money. It's skilled people who can take responsibility and deliver. So if OP is an experienced dev…

Why not mention the company you're working for? You're missing an opportunity here for others to see your post and find out about the positions you have open? Although I'm replying late, maybe there are others like me who open tabs and read them a few days later

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by em-bee »

JSoet wrote: post #194
jbothma wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But take it from me, someone who has volunteered for civic tech organizations and have participated in ground work for political campaigns. The most positive impact you could possibly make is money. I don't really agree. Perhaps we're incredibly lucky as a civic tech non-profit, but our limiting factor generally isn't money. It's skilled people who can take responsibility and deliver. So if OP is an experienced dev…

Why not mention the company you're working for? You're missing an opportunity here for others to see your post and find out about the positions you have open? Although I'm replying late, maybe there are others like me who open tabs and read them a few days later

they did: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31523367

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by colinhanavan »

I'm a recruiter at Bowery Farming. Bowery Farming builds smart indoor farms near cities, growing fresher, pesticide-free Protected Produce in precisely controlled environments, 365 days a year. At the heart of each farm is the proprietary BoweryOS, which integrates software, hardware, sensors, AI, computer vision systems, machine learning models, and robotics to orchestrate and automate the entirety of its operations form seed to pack and delivery. As a result, each farm creates far less waste and uses a fraction of the water and land compared to traditional agriculture.

At scale, we provide a reliable food supply chain at a fraction of the resources to traditional agriculture and we are looking to expand into new types of crops like strawberries and other budding fruits.

We are hiring a ton in our NYC office (hybrid/onsite): feel free to message me at colin@boweryfarming.com

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by yboris »

em-bee wrote: post #189
yboris wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish I knew, but I'm unsure. I think with effectiveness in mind, the Effective Altruists are your best community to explore and interact with. There are various Facebook groups (and other areas on the web) within EA that focus on specific topics (environment, well-being, etc) so I suspect you could find something if you search around and ask around. https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ ps - A humble thought. As tempt…

i am not sure, i feel that helping individuals remotely is sort of like giving people fish instead of teaching them to fish. i'd focus on projects that actually have an impact on a community by helping the community to develop themselves. the best i can think of to help an individual is to offer them a job, but other help ought to be more community oriented. unless you have the ability to actually move to those place…

Dropping the incidence of malaria in a community is helping the community develop themselves. It's harder to improve your lot in life when your family is sick with malaria.

There is nothing you can teach for people to avoid malaria at night - mosquitos enter the house and bite you.

Importantly, consider the costs involved: $3 protects 2 people for 4 years. Can you think of a "teach them something" intervention that would provide as much good for the same amount of money?

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by some_random »

dfrankow wrote: post #183
some_random wrote: post #88

One field I haven't seen anyone mention yet is cybersecurity. It's a huge problem, and one that could really use more people (and not just security researchers).

Please say more about how it could use people who aren't security researchers.

Sorry I only saw this until now, vendor side there are a ton of really good products that need skilled engineers. UI/UX, API, backend, all stuff that's vital to the impact of a product. If you're good at that, you just need a little domain expertise to be incredibly valuable.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

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Post by em-bee »

yboris wrote: post #198
em-bee wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i am not sure, i feel that helping individuals remotely is sort of like giving people fish instead of teaching them to fish. i'd focus on projects that actually have an impact on a community by helping the community to develop themselves. the best i can think of to help an individual is to offer them a job, but other help ought to be more community oriented. unless you have the ability to actually move to those place…

Dropping the incidence of malaria in a community is helping the community develop themselves. It's harder to improve your lot in life when your family is sick with malaria. There is nothing you can teach for people to avoid malaria at night - mosquitos enter the house and bite you. Importantly, consider the costs involved: $3 protects 2 people for 4 years. Can you think of a "teach them something" intervention that w…

thank you, yes, that is a good point. i didn't consider vaccinations. there is really nothing that can replace those, no matter how self-sufficient i'd like people to be. even if a country can make their own vaccinations, that's such a specialized task that the average citizen can't really contribute to that anyways, especially not while they are still busy fighting the disease.
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